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Bluestocking

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3. It's a beautiful axe

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:36 PM

13 hrs ago

but next time make the handle out of wood and the axe head out of metal. I think you are smarter than you think and you already know that. The fact that you are on DU means your smarter than alll those Americans that did not vote for Harris.

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As some of you know, I'm a skilled craftsman. I made an axe. I'm not very smart, but I am skilled. [View all] LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago OP

Why, that looks like my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the handle, rsdsharp 13 hrs ago #1

Did he use it to chop up some metal? LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #2

No, but he kept the handle nice and sharp. rsdsharp 13 hrs ago #12

My doctor told me that I sharpen my handle too often. LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #18

Smart man! rsdsharp 12 hrs ago #25

So your father's handle was hnasharp? TexasTowelie 12 hrs ago #28

71 years, and finally a Sharp joke I hadn't heard before. rsdsharp 12 hrs ago #30

Well, you did provide the setup for the joke, TexasTowelie 12 hrs ago #33

It's a beautiful axe Bluestocking 13 hrs ago #3

Thank you, but I made the head out of wood because LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #4

You understand it is a joke, right? Wifes husband 12 hrs ago #26

That brought a smile. badhair77 13 hrs ago #5

I didn't really make that. I found the picture online. That's another one of my skills... LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #6

Please, lake the complement. badhair77 13 hrs ago #9

OK then, but he better not take credit for that axe! LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #10

Lol. There you go. badhair77 13 hrs ago #14

Too good malaise 13 hrs ago #7

Haha! Thanks, malaise! LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #20

Oh the inanity. cachukis 13 hrs ago #8

What does Sean Hannity have to do with this? Oh wait, i just put my reading glasses on... LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #15

Love it. cachukis 13 hrs ago #16

LuckyCharms, that hatchet is very beautiful woodworking. You , sir are very talented. debm55 13 hrs ago #11

Thank you, Deb. But please see post #6. LuckyCharms 13 hrs ago #13

It's a nice hatchet, or picture of a hatchet. anyhow. debm55 12 hrs ago #17

In my entire life, you're the first woman who has told me that I LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #19

''The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe as its handle was made of wood ... Donkees 12 hrs ago #21

What's that old saying? The axe forgets, the tree remembers. LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #22

"An axe with a wooden blade remembers because it's part of the family tree." Donkees 12 hrs ago #23

LOL mdbl 12 hrs ago #24

Keep trying. You'll get the hang of it. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz 12 hrs ago #27

Look at it this way: It's a butter axe. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 12 hrs ago #29

That reminds me... LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #36

Cool Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #31

That would be the famous Olneya tesota we've all heard so much about? Ford_Prefect 12 hrs ago #32

Yes, Desert Ironwood. LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #34

They say that we learn from our mistakes. JustABozoOnThisBus 12 hrs ago #35

As per Albert Einstein LuckyCharms 12 hrs ago #37

... orangecrush 11 hrs ago #38

Lol!!! chowder66 11 hrs ago #39

Ha! 😄 Was wondering what you'd "have up ypur sleeve", so to speak! electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #40

Just my arm! LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #41

👍 electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #42

Whoever did it, that is a beautiful piece of wood. LoisB 11 hrs ago #43

It really is. I've actually been studying that pic... LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #44

Go for it! LoisB 10 hrs ago #55

May I axe you a question? Niagara 11 hrs ago #45

I'm an expert at giving people headaches! LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #47

What a hatchet job berniesandersmittens 11 hrs ago #46

Strong like bull, smart like tracror. Ptah 11 hrs ago #48

I had to Google that one! LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #50

I would offer to help... Harker 11 hrs ago #49

I did have a handle on it Harker... LuckyCharms 10 hrs ago #51

Whose fingers, Lucky? Harker 10 hrs ago #52

LMAO! LuckyCharms 10 hrs ago #53

Gets me every time! Harker 10 hrs ago #54